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HAND TRUCK. v No. 319,524. Patented June 9, 1885.

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J. STEEL.

HAND TRUCK.

No. 319,524. Patented June 9, 1885.'

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JAMES sr EL, OF PATERSON, NEW JEEsEY.

HAND-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,524, dated June 9,188 5.

Application filed February 18, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES STEEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paterson, Passaic county, State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Hand Trucks, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved hand-truck whereinreside simplicity of construction, durability, and cheapness. I attainthese objects by the construction sh own, which will be fully explained,and pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows my invention in perspective. Fig. 2 is aview of the frontpart of the same, part sectional, detached. Fig. 3 is asection of wheel attachment, taken on line B B of Fig. 4; and Fig. 4.shows the wheel device in elevation, detached. Figs. 5 and 6 aremodications of that shown in Figs. 1 to 41., inclusive.

A represents a hand-truck constructed and having a body composed ofsides d, front part, c, and handle a. The sides d of the truck A areformed of wrought-iron tubing of suitable size to give ample strength tothe truck for practical purposes, and of a length suitable to form inconnection with said sides at the front part, 6. When formingthe body ofthe truck the center portion of the piece of tubing provided therefor isflattened out to suit the width of the truck, which forms the outersharpened front part or toe,e of the truck A, after which the sides dare bent back in a line at right angles with the front 6, and are curvedat e to elevate at asuitable angle the front of the truck,as shown inFigs. 1 and 2. The rear end of each one of the sides (I is curved in adownward direction until they reach a line sufficiently low to hold thebody of the truck nearly horizontal when the same is not in use. Therear curved end of each one of the sides d is provided with ascrew-thread, on which there are screwed elbows b and b. The innerorifices of the elbows b b have arranged in them a handle, a, whichhandleis secured in the elbows b b by pins or screws 0, said screwspassing through the elbows into the handle a, which handle may be .has ajournal, h, cast on each side of the same,

is journaled in suitable bearings prepared therefor in the lower portionof the plates f f the wheels having openings 1). (Shown in Fig. 3.) Whenused in the modified form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the sides d of thetruck A are provided at suitable points with a screwthread, 1", toaccommodate T connecting-joints b and b, that have a similarscrew-thread, 1",

and which are screwed thereon. In the connections b b there are arrangedcurved crossbars 2" and 13 the latter having right-hand screw-threads1', which adapts the concave bar 2' to screw in the said T-connections bThe curved bar '6 is provided at one of its ends with a right-handscrew, 1", and at its opposite end with a left-hand screw, t. Thisconstruction renders the center of the sides of the truck capable ofbeing expanded or contracted at pleasure, by turning the bar 1 in thedirection to increase or diminish the width of the truck centrally,while the concave form of the bars is adapted to rounded forms whenplaced longitudinally on the truck. The inner plates or checks, f, havehubs 1" formed on them to give ample thread-space for the brace z,having screw-thread 0*, which is screwed in saidhubs i,while the rearend of each one of the sides d is bent downward to form handles n, asshown in said Figs. 5 and 6.

It will be readily seen that my improved truck is simply and durablyconstructed, and may be supplied at a small cost to the market.

Having described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

In a hand-truck, the combination, with the 5 body of the truck A, havinga flattened front part, c and e, and tube-sides d, the sides curvedupward ate to elevate the front of the truck,

2 amaze and downward at the opposite end to hold plates ff, the wheelhaving journals h and.

the truck in a nearly horizontal position, of openings p, the plateshaving lugs f said 10 the elbows b b, screwed on the ends of said lugsconforming rigidly to the tube-sides, subsides d, and handle a, securedin said elbows, stantially as described.

with pins or screws for securing said handle JAMES STEEL. in the elbows,and plates f f, secured to said YVitnesses: sides d, with rivets k, forsecuring the plates J ENNIE INGLIS, to the sides, and wheel journaled inthe JonN ING-LIS.

